#42226B#42226B

#42226B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.7% C 0.122 H 300.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42226B
RGB	rgb(66, 34, 107)
HSL	hsl(266, 52%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(266, 68%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.3%, 68.2%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.45, 31.66, -37.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.45, 48.72, 310.54°)
OKLab	oklab(33.66% 0.0609 -0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(33.66% 0.122 300)
XYZ	xyz(5.4720, 3.3638, 14.2681)
Luminance	0.0336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42226B #4B6B22

analogous

#22276B #42226B #66226B

triadic

#42226B #6B4222 #226B42

tetradic

#42226B #6B2227 #4B6B22 #226B66

square

#42226B #6B2227 #4B6B22 #226B66

split-complementary

#42226B #6B6622 #276B22

monochromatic

#0E0717 #25133D #42226B #5F3199 #7C44C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.55

#42226B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#42226B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42226B

12.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42226B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42226B	1.00	12.55	1.67	12.55
#FFFFFF	12.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00336D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#013369

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#393243

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42226b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 34, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.7% 0.122 300.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a5f96',
    500: '#42226b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42226b;
$custom-light: #7a5f96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42226b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.301,
    "s": 51.773,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33656,
    "c": 0.12166,
    "h": 300
  },
  "luminance": 0.03364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42226B

secondary

#7A9F4A

accent

#DB4D9D

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#09050D

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42226B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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